Alcohol tester



To @il w'wm t may concern:

Be it known that Aco WERSHOW, a citizen of the United Sectes sreeiding ai', 'New Haven, inl the county of New Haven and Siate of Connecticut, have invented a new sind useful improvement in Alcohol Testers; :ind do hereby declare the ioliowing, when teken' in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of ieference meiked thereon to be e fui, clear, and exact description ci the seme, md which dxewings/constituie p'art of this eppiiceion, end/epi'escnt, in Y i., o.. sidexview of' en alcohol tester constructed in eccoidence with my invenion. y

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This inveniion feieies o improvemeu in elec-hoi cosmic, idle object 'of the invention being io povide ecieifice, in e compa-ct and simpie form, vyfaiilviviiicii any mixtures or liquid compounds een be iiesed io ascertain whether oi: uci, they contain Wood aicohol, 2:5 and the inveniion consists in an aicohoi tester having' certain deteiis ci construction as will be hereineiier described and particuieiiy pointed out inthe 'ciaims in carrying; oui-my invention, employ e wicieconteinei' 5 of' ubuia-r foim, end adept-ed izo contain :i Wick 6, the upper end of fue Wick-container being Lhieaded for engngemcni Witiie cap which is formed in iis iower end with e chamber 8, into o' which tile upve end of ,the Wick; extends, and in iis u? per end with e chemoer 9, to house e. Wire coil i0, which is mounted in c plug l1 inserted into a` head l2, this heed l2 being adapted to be connected with the upper end of the carp by a bayonet joint 13. The coil 10 may ne of any suitabie metal or other reducing agent.

This device Ine/y correspond substantially in size to e' ountein pen, so as to be couveniently carried in the pocket., 1When a best is to "be made, the parts are separated and the Wick lighted, and the coil 10 is heated by the fiance and is plunged into the mixture to be tested, and if this mixture oonaiins Wood aicohoi, the fumes ci formaideiiyde Wiii be thrown oi, so as to be icadiiy detected.,

thus provide, in :i convenient and amctive forni, en aicchoi tcs'ei which is effective for the purposes desired.

eieini:

1. .i3-in. alcoiioi tester, comprising e Wickm container, e cap closing ic seine, and a plug carryin e coil housed within said ccp.

2. An eico iol tester, comprising' a', wickconteiner, a cap threaded onto the upper end of the container and fomned with upper and lower chambers, .e iop dosing the upper chambei, e ping' mounted in said iop, and a coil mounbed in seid plug and adapted ic be housed in the upper end of @he cap.

in ifestimony whexeo, have signed this specification in the presence ci wo subscribing witnesses.

JCB WERSHW.

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